adumbrate, v.
(adumbrated, adumbrates, adumbrating)
(adumbrated, adumbrates, adumbrating)
give to understand
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
adumbrate insinuate intimate
sample sentences
"I insinuated that I did not like his wife"verb frames
Somebody ----s that CLAUSEThey %s that there was a traffic accident
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Somebody ----s that CLAUSEverb frames
Somebody ----s that CLAUSEThey %s that there was a traffic accident
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hypernym
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 13 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 1
adumbrate outline sketch
sample sentences
"sketch the outline of the book""outline his ideas"
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Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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